Delicious Dillemmas

Sunday 2nd October – Day 10

Well what a day! As the tittle suggests it was a bit of a food trail today. We woke to grey skies after hearing some heavy rain overnight but it looked like the rain would hold off for a while so we did a load of washing. We got it on the clothes line, walked across the road to our cabin and yes, you guessed it, it started to rain. So back to the line we went. Half in the dryer and half hanging on hangers around the cabin. Then the rain stopped and the sun came out. Typical!

While we waited for the dryer to finish we went for a walk around the caravan park. The park backs on to the Margaret River. When we were down at the water we were watching some ducks and ducklings. When we got back to the cabin a very cheeky duck wandered up on to our verandah. I took a couple of photos through the glass door. The next thing you know the duck was tapping his beak on the door. As I didn't have any bread to offer him I got the next best thing. Soy and Linseed Bran cereal. The duck was so tame he was eating the bran out of my hand.

Deb's Friend

Our friend should be regular because it ate Soy and Linseed bran and came back for more

Soon after we headed off to see the sights and find some of the food that the area is well known for. First stop was McHenry's Home Farm. Here they sell their own pork, lamb and speciality sausages. We bought some beef and bacon ones. Free range pork and grass fed beef. Into the car fridge they went and and we headed to the next place.

Down at Yallingup there is a woodfired bakery. We bought a loaf of organic wheat bread. They use stonemilled wheat flour, rain water, salt and yeast. That's it, no preservatives or additives.

Then we went to Simmo's Ice creamery. We started off having a coffee but couldn't resist looking at the incredible variety of flavours. We gave in to temptation and tried some sorbet. I had the blood orange sorbet and it was fantastic. The title of today's blog was borrowed from the slogan out the front of the ice creamery.

This place lived up to it's motto

Then it was up the road to a Chocolate Factory, Winery and Providore. What a fantastic place. Outside there is a kitchen garden with lot's of vegies and herbs that they use in their restaurant kitchen. The hedge that lines both sides of the path are rosemary so the smell in the air is wonderful. Inside they have a magnificent shop selling a large variety of flavoured and infused olive oils and verjuice. They also have over 40 variety's of jam, chutney, preserves and sauces. The have long tasting tables and it is great to try some of the more unusual flavours.

Then we went to the Chocolate Factory. It was like walking in to a wonder land of chocolate. They had everything there. Chocolate nut clusters, enormous chocolate freckles,  chocolate flavoured massage oil, chocolate flavoured lip gloss, ginger & apricots covered in chocolate and so much more!! And yes they do have tastings. We decided to have lunch there and no, it wasn't chocolate. It was actually a healthy lunch with cold meat and salad followed by a coffee for me and tea for Den. Mind you we did taste some chocolate on the way out.

After leaving there we went to the slightly healthier place just up the road. It is a cereal and nut shop. You can create your own muesli from a variety of ingredients they have. By then it had started to rain a bit more but certainly not enough to spoil our fun.

Until proven otherwise I am going to call this a Banksia

Next was the Margaret River Cheese Company. They had a lot of very nice products for sale but we refrained from buying anything as we still had enough cheese in the fridge but we might pick up some when we leave the area in a couple of days time.

On our way back to our cabin we called in to a gourmet provision shop. They had some interesting cheeses and cold meats but all we bought was a couple of bottles of soft cider. This is non alcoholic cider. On the bottle it says the only ingredient is Pink Lady apples. And it tastes just like a pink lady apple. Beautiful.

There were kilometers of these lilies on both sides of the road.  They were about 20 to 30 merter deep in some places

We then went next door to the Candy Cow. It's a kids idea of heaven. Lots and lots of lollies. We looked but didn't buy. We went there many years ago with Becca, Liz, Suzanne, Mathew, David, Caron and Andy.

Then we staggered to the car and headed back to the cabin. Dinner tonight was some lovely fresh produce. The beef and bacon sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes and the woodfired bread, all washed down with that lovely apple cider. What more could anyone want.

The rain held off for most of the day and when it did come down it was fairly light. It was a good temperature, 23 degrees. Just nice.

We didn't take as many photos today but have included some of the lovely flowers mostly growing wild on the side of the road.

Tomorrow if it is fine we are going down to Cape Leeuwin. It is where the Indian and the Southern Oceans meet.

Deb and Den.